Nickle

So that's the name of that song, cool.

Cipher Girl

That Benny Hinn is one sick asshole. That epside of Dateline should have been called "The Stupid, The Gullible, & The Greedy". One would have to be either uneducated or totally brainwashed to follow the asshole. And that woman who kept insisting that he was "doing the lawd's work" should have some sense slapped into her.

lpetrich

Benny Hinn reminds me of Lucian of Samosata's account of Alexander of Abonutichus, a similar sort of religious con artist who had lived in the 100's in what is now Inebolu, Turkey.

He had had the ear of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who wanted his help in fighting some Germanic barbarians in what is now Romania.

Throw two lions into the Danube, and a great victory will result.

But it was those Germanic barbarians who had the great victory. And A of A's response was that he never predicted which side would have that victory. As L of S points out, this was much like a similar incident half a millennium earlier; King Croesus of Lydia (now part of Turkey) wanted some advice on fighting the Persian Empire. The Oracle of Delphi told him that a great empire would fall if he went into battle. It was his.

Also, A of A hated atheists and Christians and Epicureans. When he and his followers would assemble, they would chant

"Get out, Epicureans!"
"Get out, Christians!"

damn_wookie

All I need's a cool breeze and a tasty wave!